Britt McHenry gets nasty with tow company employee, gets suspended
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I'm glad no one has caught me on video retrieving my car from a tow lot. My rational brain is saying "They're just doing their jobs, it's your fault not theirs, its no wonder they are so rude and obnoxious because the people that come in here must treat them badly too...."
While the emotional part of me is screaming obscenities inside and trying to figure out how to distract the employee, cut a hole in the fence and repossess my stolen property. (this is not the rational brain speaking).
While the emotional part of me is screaming obscenities inside and trying to figure out how to distract the employee, cut a hole in the fence and repossess my stolen property. (this is not the rational brain speaking).
My question is--what is is the full context? We have no idea why the employee said or did beforehand. I'm not ruling out the possibility that she richly deserved an ass-chewing.DrewDawg said:
I say this as someone who worked more hourly jobs than I can remember and knows the sting of dealing with condescending, entitled assholes.
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I've given profanity-laden shit to plenty of similary-situated employees, from comcast operators to airline personnel. But I've never made it about their appearance or intelligence, and I almost always say something like, "look i know you cant do anything, but if I dont tell you that your company is full of shit, your boss will never hear it. so please tell him."
Unless the employee said something like "I didn't know hookers drove cars," a helpful context is hard to fathom.
Even the grossest form of workplace incompetence doesn't deserve "fat ...toothless...uneducated...."
My guess is if the employee had said anything to deserve being called fat, stupid and ugly, McHenry would've been far more aggravated, and not so condescending/smug in her demeanor.MarcSullivaFan said:
This is the issue for me. Maybe the woman is the worst person on earth. Who knows? But I'm sure all of us have moments we'd rather not be broadcast for the world to see when we're pissed off and exasperated.ifmanis5 said:
I guess she's a "public figure," and, really, fuck her, but I do find the glee with which other newsmedia pass this kind of shit around distasteful.
I guess they're all a bunch of angels among us.
rodderick said:
I am not defending her, because she was just awful, but I'm pretty sure the tow yard girl did insult McHenry's appearance (I think her hair) before McHenry called her fat.
I knew when she talked about her education some right winger would use the elitist angle.ifmanis5 said:
It does appear that the company (and the clerk) have a long, long, long string of complaints both with the BBB and in their yelp reviews.
Also that the tape is carefully edited to not let you hear what the clerk has said makes me think this was a more two sided argument.
Still doesn't mean she should have said what she did.
Also that the tape is carefully edited to not let you hear what the clerk has said makes me think this was a more two sided argument.
Still doesn't mean she should have said what she did.
It would be interesting to see the full tape instead of the edited version.
Source: ESPN Reporter Britt McHenry Provoked by Towing Company Employee
Source: ESPN Reporter Britt McHenry Provoked by Towing Company Employee
Again, NO excuse. She's a higher profile person, walk away. She took the bait and ends up looking like the mean girl regardless. No one really knew who was before this tape and know everyone knows who she is BECAUSE of this tape. Bad choice made.SuperManny said:
Again, just because someone was an asshole to you doesn't mean you should respond in kind. Take the high road and shit.
And anyway, she seems like a bit of a tool: http://deadspin.com/espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-has-a-history-of-being-rude-1698483713
I think my favorite part is her calling out an MLS player on Twitter, for, I guess, being a nobody. And yet, the random MLS'er has more followers than she does.
And anyway, she seems like a bit of a tool: http://deadspin.com/espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-has-a-history-of-being-rude-1698483713
I think my favorite part is her calling out an MLS player on Twitter, for, I guess, being a nobody. And yet, the random MLS'er has more followers than she does.
Did Peter King write this headline? You would think these guys would learn their lesson about quoting sources off the record discussing how the party in question was "provoked" into being a horrible person.SuperManny said:
Oh I am not a nice person when Wendy's puts cheese on my burger when I specifically say "no cheese", I will totally glare and point out "I specifically said NO CHEESE!" very sharply, but it has never crossed my mind to follow that up with "and this is why I make more money than you! and have a better job! and better teeth!" I mean that someone would think that was ok to say to another person, even if that person was being rude and short with them, well to me this chick deserves all the vitriol she's had hurled her way if it helps knock her off her high horse a bit.
Please don't use that word even to describe Rush. I thought that was a banned word, SOSH being a tolerant place. Shame! However. I agree with your viewpoint just not the word you used. You should know better than to use that word.ifmanis5 said:
Or to go on her Instagram and peruse which, given the fact she has something like 30k followers, was presumably public before this whole issue. Not everything is a violation of privacy but that would make you less outraged, so I see why you want to think that.Blacken said:
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kenneycb said:
Nobody at ESPN is publicizing nudes. That's what that mouth-breathing creepy fuck was going at, not ooooo bikini pictures ooooo. You know it, I know it, he definitely knows it because he thinks that the culture here is such that he can say that and get virtual fistbumps for it. So why are you pretending otherwise?
When writing it I should have realized that expounding on one aspect of the wrongness of that post would draw out the a segment of SoSH that thinks bro-culture misogyny is cool--and you are right the fuck on time, I compliment your punctuality if not your ability to not fundamentally suck at being a people--but this cape-up is weak sauce.
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Britt McHenry is on the sidelines of sporting events, reporting the news, because she's attractive. I'm not sure anyone was hoping to come across hacked nudes. Seemed like a joke, to me.
And none of that is an invasion of privacy if it's taken from a public platform such as Instagram. Because then that's on her IMO. Pointing out you can go to public forums and potentially find bikini pics of her means I have a basic understanding of the Internet. I guess I'm a misogynist. You just like getting angry at shit, so do you, I suppose. If your first part of the rant was a response, that was great. You immediately went to illegal hacking and shit.Blacken said:
What's less than a bikini. It's clear he was asking for nudes. Saying ooh pretty girl must see tits is lame.
Yeah, because the ESPN personality is going to be posting nudes to Instagram. I went to illegal hacking because that's where they'd be coming from.kenneycb said:
When did you decide that caping up for leering shitbags was a good way to go?
And since it's probably not obvious to the shits-for-brains making this post necessary, though should be to someone whose brain has actually fully baked, it doesn't matter how they'd be acquired, what matters is the thoughtless (or, arguably worse, vengeance-oriented) objectification of women. That a segment of SoSH needs to get their wank material in P&G, despite many of the women here pointing out that it makes them uncomfortable, stinks and it sucks. Mental midgets like Bleedred whipping out their dicks in the media forum because a pretty girl is in the news? Come the fuck on.
He should be embarrassed, and you should be mortified for doubling down.
He should be embarrassed, and you should be mortified for doubling down.
Hey guys! Let's make SOSH the most super serious place on the internetz!
New SoSH tagline: "No tards, no tits, no teens". It would keep the mouth breathers and EV away.
New SoSH tagline: "No tards, no tits, no teens". It would keep the mouth breathers and EV away.
I empathize with this woman not because she's hot, but because I am also a bit of a sociopath that will target someone's superficial weaknesses and turn them into an insult. Not over cheese on a burger, but probably something like getting my car out of impound if I feel I am being demeaned. It's not a trait I am proud of. I have gone there, it doesn't feel great afterward.
Now that the company has said they don't want her fired they were just trying to promote "awareness", I am more firmly on her side. I think they realized there's not a whole lot to gain from this monetarily because aside from people who are required to take the high road (media members), the general reaction to this has been to quickly descend into a shared hatred of towing companies and how they run their businesses.
Now that the company has said they don't want her fired they were just trying to promote "awareness", I am more firmly on her side. I think they realized there's not a whole lot to gain from this monetarily because aside from people who are required to take the high road (media members), the general reaction to this has been to quickly descend into a shared hatred of towing companies and how they run their businesses.
Ummmmmmmm, while I agree with you that only SoSH could turn some no name mean girl discussion into a conversation about misogyny, I think the "no teens" part is a pretty good rule to live by.Kenny F'ing Powers said:
Edit: As far as the topic at hand, I agree with Rich this morning on T&R, imagine the most heated argument you've had with someone being posted on the internet. I don't lose my shit often, but when I do and I'm provoked I can say some nasty stuff that I'm not proud of the second it comes out of my mouth.
Now that I'm of the age where girls these age could actually be my daughter... I'm OK with that.AlNipper49 said:
HomeBrew1901 said:
I actually just think the "no tits" is an issue. I like tits. It's OK to persecute the "tards and teens" people.
Unless the tard or teen is attractive.
HomeBrew1901 said:
A) Person acts like a rip-roaring asshole;
B) Different person puts behavior in A on the internet.
B doesn't excuse A, even if it's asshole behavior in its own right. And if it takes the threat of people finding out what an asshole you are to make you worried about being an asshole: look out, you're an asshole.
This is fucking moronic. Everyone has a weak moment they wouldn't want broadcast all over the internet, but congrats on never having that moment.drleather2001 said:
This isn't to excuse her behavior but let's see what's on the other end of the highly edited video.
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Well, my take is this: Britt McHenry is likely an asshole. But that's not, in and of itself, very remarkable. There are tons of assholes, and we all need to deal with them. That the asshole in question is both ever-so-slightly a public figure, and also super hot, makes it mildly interesting.
What's remarkable here is the sheer degree to which towing companies operate in the realm of the corrupt and, likely, illegal. Many of us have been towed before. The one time it happened to me, I deserved it, but luckily had to deal with a city tow lot that was on the up-and-up. The fees were outrageous, but there's a deterrent effect there - I get it. But I've seen stories and videos of tow-company people conspiring with the service staff at suburban businesses to basically either boot or tow peoples' cars even when there's no signage that would suggest this was a remote possibility. Even when the car in question belongs to a customer doing business at the lot owner's store. Even during business hours. No violation has been committed, but they boot or tow it anyway. They have your car, they're not letting it go unless you pay them tribute, and after the fact, you're not going to care enough to sue or go after them. It's the perfect setup for a protection racket, no different than 3rd-world minor officials taking bribes to facilitate their ordinary duties, and it's just as infuriating.
Britt McHenry is a poor choice to rail against this flaming injustice, obviously, but that's nevertheless the cause that gets me all hot and riled up. Not her tits, fine as they may be. To the extent that she can bring light to and shame this company - and may have a personal reputational reason to do so, or even just out of spite - I say, god bless.
What's remarkable here is the sheer degree to which towing companies operate in the realm of the corrupt and, likely, illegal. Many of us have been towed before. The one time it happened to me, I deserved it, but luckily had to deal with a city tow lot that was on the up-and-up. The fees were outrageous, but there's a deterrent effect there - I get it. But I've seen stories and videos of tow-company people conspiring with the service staff at suburban businesses to basically either boot or tow peoples' cars even when there's no signage that would suggest this was a remote possibility. Even when the car in question belongs to a customer doing business at the lot owner's store. Even during business hours. No violation has been committed, but they boot or tow it anyway. They have your car, they're not letting it go unless you pay them tribute, and after the fact, you're not going to care enough to sue or go after them. It's the perfect setup for a protection racket, no different than 3rd-world minor officials taking bribes to facilitate their ordinary duties, and it's just as infuriating.
Britt McHenry is a poor choice to rail against this flaming injustice, obviously, but that's nevertheless the cause that gets me all hot and riled up. Not her tits, fine as they may be. To the extent that she can bring light to and shame this company - and may have a personal reputational reason to do so, or even just out of spite - I say, god bless.
I don't mean to pick on you Kenny but the bolded upset me. I repeat what I said to the other poster upthread. Could we please eliminate that term? I thought there was a whole thread in Backwash about eliminating such offensive terms..I happen to work with the intellectually and physically challenged individuals and would just like to see my friends try to eliminate that word. Maybe I'm out of line. If so, I apologize, but I don't think it's such a big request. Thank you!Kenny F'ing Powers said:
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You're not out of line. The term is offensive. I was trying to leverage it to make a bigger overall point, and thought I took the bite out of the word with the context. Unfortunately, I'm not witty enough and I obviously swung and missed. I'll leave the comedy to people with more tact, and I apologize if I offended you.
I've talked to a lot of my friends and neighbors in Arlington about this episode and everyone I have talked to has been sympathetic to McHenry because of what a bunch of assholes are at Advanced Towing. I think anyone outside of Arlington just doesn't have a clue about this situation because they assume that the tow company was acting in good faith and just doing its job.
